Man who used Cov nightclub to keep cannabis plants jailed

A CANNABIS kingpin who used an old Coventry nightclub as part of huge 'farm' network has been jailed.

- By DANNY THOMPSON News Reporter

Roman Le ran an empire of at least eight cannabis farms in residential and commercial properties, as well as a storage facility housing both equipment and harvested cannabis.

Le, the head of the complex operation and organised crime group, has now been jailed for more than six years following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

Posing as a property developer, Le took over the Big Bamboo nightclub on Trinity Street, better known to Coventrians as the Silver Sword, and used it as part of a multi-million pound network of cannabis factories staffed by illegal migrants spread across across the Midlands, North West and north Lincolnshire.

The Coventry nightclub was raided by the NCA and West Midlands Police in October 2020.

Officers found more than 1,500 plants, worth more than £1 million, spread over three floors. NCA surveillance officers had previously watched as Le visited the site, parking his Bentley Continental outside the building.